beetlenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbiː.təl/us/ˈbiː.t̬əl/an insect with a hard shell-like back:
a black beetle
a deathwatch beetle
a dung beetle
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Insect names
- anopheles
- ant
- aphid
- beastie
- bedbug
- daddy longlegs
- deathwatch beetle
- dragonfly
- earwig
- earworm
- insect
- ladybird
- lice
- lightning bug
- locust
- silverfish
- stick insect
- termite
- tortoiseshell butterfly
- tsetse fly
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beetleverb [ I ]
uk/ˈbiː.təl/us/ˈbiː.t̬əl/UK informalto go somewhere quickly:
Hoping to miss the traffic jams, she beetled off home at four o'clock.
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Moving quickly
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- cavort
- glide
- gun
- leg
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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